1
Humanities Enlightenment to 21st century Syllabus
EASTERN FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE
TITUSVILLE CAMPUS
Spring 2016
WHERE AND WHEN
Class Humanities 21st Century 1/11/16 Ends 5/06/16
Credit Hours: 3 Classroom: T1-001 rm 130
Class Hours:
HUM 2249 70T 12477 R: 5:30 pm-8:10 pm
COMMUNICATING WITH ME
Instructor Dr. Warren Jones
Office SLOP (T1-141A)
Advisement Hours Feel free to stop in anytime; however, those who have appointments have precedence
Monday / 3:30-6:00Tuesday / 2:00-5:00
Wednesday / 3:30-6:00
Thursday / 2:00-5:00
Telephone Number The telephone is not a substitute for seeing me during office hours
Only call if you need to set an appointment. 433-5077
Email Email is not a substitute for coming to see me during office hours; you can use email to set an office appointment, but that appointment is not set until I have responded to you.
Email is NOT for policy, grades, or assignment discussion.
If you email me concerning any item that concerns policy or assignments,
I will respond with the following:
"Message not read; see me during office hours"
and that means I DID NOT receive your email.
Texts Readings all online at InverseIntuition.org
ABOUT THE COURSE
Course description An integrated course designed to increase the student’s understanding and appreciation of the creative process in cultures through the study of representative artifacts in literature, music, philosophy, religion, social history, architecture and visual arts from the Enlightenment through the 20th Century. This is a general education diversity infused course.
Course Objective To demonstrate knowledge of the artifacts in literature, music, philosophy, religion, social history, architecture and visual arts through objective and subjective assessments and personal involvement in classroom discussions. To analyze the human desire to create and express worldview in and through creativity.
POLICIES
Plagiarism As per the Student handbook, plagiarists will fail the entire course.
Late/ Absences Maximum Absences before grade of "F" given.
Night Classes: 2 days (Three absences constitutes an F grade)
See Official EFSC policy on EFSC website.
See my full policy concerning Attendance/ absence on InverseIntuition
Late/Leave Early: Being Late constitutes one-half absence. Leaving class early is equal to being late. If you are not present at the beginning of class, you will be marked absent. Immediately after the class is over, YOU MUST INFORM ME that you were late so that you are not logged as absent. You cannot wait until the next class session or even later in the day.
Electronic devices: No Phone/Pad/etc use in class; if you get a call, take it outside.
No Recording devices without prior approval; unauthorized use of recording devices will result in expulsion from the course.
Grading Scale: A standard letter grade/percentage score is applied: A = 900-1000, B = 800-899 C = 700-799 D = 600-699 F = 599 or below.
Withdrawal Policy Students may withdraw without academic penalty from any course by the established deadline. This will result in a grade of 'W' for the course and will not count against the student's GPA. Students will be permitted a maximum of two withdrawals per course. Upon the third attempt, the student WILL NOT be permitted to withdraw and will receive an earned grade for that course.
Extra Credit Extra Credit, even if completed, only counts toward a grade that has a raw score of 700 or above for the course. Those with raw scores of 699 or less will not receive any EC points, regardless of the EC work done.
Incompletes Incompletes are ONLY given for those who have passed with a grade of 70% or higher on a minimum of 75% of the assignments. If you cannot verify these conditions, do not ask for one.
Late Papers Late papers can be turned in up to but not exceeding one week late
You can have 2 late assignments
After the 2 lat e assignments, no assignment will be accepted as late
Re-write Criteria In order to Re-write papers, the original must fit certain criteria, and the re- write must fit certain criteria. (See InverseIntuition for more details)
Changes Syllabus and schedule is subject to change
Weekly Schedule Download the weekly schedule from InverseIntuition
Grade/Work
Distribution
See Schedule on InverseIntuition for due dates